The role of the h-index and the characteristic scores and scales in testing the tail properties of scientometric distributions

Wolfgang Glänzel ()
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Scientometrics, 2010, vol. 83, issue 3, No 8, 697-709

Abstract: Abstract The tail properties of scientometric distributions are studied in the light of the h-index and the characteristic scores and scales. A statistical test for the h-core is presented and illustrated using the example of four selected authors. Finally, the mathematical relationship between the h-index and characteristic scores and scales is analysed. The results give new insights into important properties of rank-frequency and extreme-value statistics derived from scientometric and informetric processes.

Keywords: h-Index; Characteristic scores and scales; Paretian distribution; Lomax distribution; Rényi presentation; Ordered statistics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1007/s11192-009-0124-9

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